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counter-question
noun[ C ]
(alsocounterquestion)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌkwes.tʃən/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌkwes.tʃən/
a question that is asked in reply to another question:
She answered with a counter-question.
To the question "What does it mean?" he poses a counterquestion: "How does it feel?"
The best way to answer some questions is with a counter-question.
Rather than replying to your question directly, I'd like to ask a counter-question.
During cross-examination, he responded to the lawyer's questions with angry counterquestions.
He answered sharply with a counter-question, "Do you think I'd have left her on her own if I'd suspected what might happen?"
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Questioning people & asking questions in general
ask after someone
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
be someone's for the askingidiom
beat something out of someone
bombard
consultative
Gallup poll
inquisition
pin someone down
ply someone with something
poll
pry
put someone through the millidiom
put someone through the wringeridiom
put someone to somethingidiom
rhetorical question
roll
shoot
survey
trick question
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